Paint package



J. W.,HASBURG.

PAINT PACKAGE. l APPLICATION HLED JUNE 10, 1921.

Patented Aug. 29, 1922 iran stares PA'rN Iruis.

JOHN w. nnsnundoncnicneo, ILLINOIS.

PAINT rncxnen;

Application led .Tune 10, 1921. Serial No.` 476,405.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. HASBURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paint Packages, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the art of packaging paints whose intrinsic value is great as, for example, gold paints used in the decoration of ceramic ware; and has for its object to produce a 4package containing a minimum number of parts and at the same time capable of maintaining an effectively sealed chamber for housing the paint from the time of manufacture until the paint is to be used.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its object and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a plan view of my improved package, the lid being removed;

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l, on an enlarged scale, they lid being` in place; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the same plane as Fig. 2, showing the various parts separatedy from eachother but arranged one above the other in the order in which they lie in the complete package, the scale being approxi mately the same as that of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a flat shallow box and 2 a glass palette on which is carried a wafer-like mass, 3, of paint. 4 is a flanged lid for the box adapted to be telescoped upon the same. It is customary to place the palette with its paint into the box, a transparent cover, usually of celluloid, being placed over the paint and resting on the palette beyond the margins of the mass of paint; this cover being held down by suitable fastening means, usually a follower resting upon the same. I have found that by properly proportioning the parts, no additional follower or other fastening means is required, as it is possible to produce and maintain a sufficiently tight joint between the cover and the palette yduring storage and transportation of the package, simply by, placing the lid on the box after the palette with its cover has been inserted.

In accordance with my invention Iy employ a cover, preferably of transparent celluloid, having a central dome-shaped portion, somewhat larger in diameter than the paint wafer, and flat marginal portions, 6, adapted to rest upon the palette beyond the margin of the paint wafer; the flat marginal portions terminating at their outer edges in upwardly-directed flanges, 7, of such height or depth that when the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 2, these flanges project somewhat above the top of the box so that, when the lid is placed on the box, its telescoping movement is arrested through its engagement with the flanges on the celluloid cover. The ianges on the cover and the flanges on the lid may both be made fric-tionally to engage with the sides of the box, but quite apart from any advantage resulting from this frictional engagement, my improved construction possesses the characteristic that there will always be a pressure tending to force the cover against the palette if the box be placed in an upright position or be turned upsidedown; the sealing effect being enhanced by the addition of weight such, for example, as the weight of a superposed stack of packages, regardless of whether the package is right side up or upside-down. The celluloid need not be made unduly heavy because if the load on the flanges becomes too great, the celluloid will simply act as a spring which will yield only to return to its normal condition when the load is removed; thus avoiding the possibility of causing the seal to be broken at any time.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a singlepreferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the terms employed in the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A package comprising a box open at the top, a palette lying in the bottom of the box, a cover for said palette comprising a member flat at the margins and raised in the center, said cover having at its edges flanges projecting above the top of the box when said palette and cover are assembled in the box, and a lid for said box adapted to engage with and rest upon said flanges.

2. A package comprising a flat shallow box, a palette lying in the bottom o the l0 box, a cover for said palette comprising a transparent member having a raised Central portion and flat marginal portions resting on said palette, said flat marginal portions termiinafting in upwafrdily-direcd 'flanges projecting above the top of the box, and a lid telescoped upon the box and resting on the upper edges of said flanges.

In testimony whereof, I signy this speciication.

JOHN W. HASBURG. 

